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A popular medical assistant at Palo Alto Medical Foundation who was murdered in Mexico during the July 4 weekend is a Palo Alto resident, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City confirmed Friday.
Lourdes Rodriguez was visiting family in Mexico City and was found dead in her rental car. Acquaintances say she was strangled, possibly during a robbery or attempted carjacking.
Rodriguez would have celebrated her 34th birthday on July 26, according to the embassy spokeswoman. Friends said she had a 10-year-old daughter.
“The consulate wants to express their condolences to the family,” spokeswoman Liz Detter said. Although Rodriguez was an American citizen, the embassy has no investigative authority, Detter said. The consulate would do everything possible to help the family and to help them work with authorities, she added.
She confirmed that Mexican authorities are investigating Rodriguez’s death.
Coworkers said Rodriguez worked as a “float” at the foundation’s Palo Alto center, circulating between various departments for the past year. They said they are devastated by her death.
“She was extremely well-liked by her co-workers and the news of her death has been very difficult. We are saddened by her passing and our thoughts and prayers go out to her family and friends,” spokesman Ben Drew said via e-mail.
“PAMF is providing grief counselors for our employees. We are not able to provide any additional details,” Drew said.
It appears to be getting more and more dangerous traveling to Mexico.
I consider that Mexico is in a state of war. Criminals were given a free pass too long down there and now cleaning up the mess is being extremely painful. I am so sorry for it, but their problems are for them to solve, we can’t do it for them. I keep praying that they continue to have to courage to confront the evil that has been permitted for so long, and I believe we need to find a way to shut off the flow of cash and weapons that make the criminals so strong.
I agree with what you’re saying, but I also believe that this war will soon spill across the border, and it won’t be pretty. Criminals that have already crossed our borders can’t be prosecuted fast enough. We are running out of jail space. I don’t know what the Dept of Homeland Security is thinking, being so laxed about border security.
Early reports on her tragic murder stated she lived in Redwood City. Is that correct?
I work with a number of people from Mexico. The first comment about it being dangerous to travel to Mexico appears to be true, but mostly true for Mexicans now living in the United States who travel to Mexico to visit family still living there.
I have not heard of any obviously “gringo” tourists being targets. The issue with returning Mexican visitors is that these gangs (the most famous being Los Zetas, an enforcement arm of the Gulf Cartel) target Mexicans who have families in the US. They phone them threatening their children if they don’t sell their vehicle and give them the money, or explicitly ask them to contact their US relatives for cash.
My co-worker, a naturalized US citizen, cancelled her visit to Zacatecas at Christmas upon being fully informed of how things are by relatives in Mexico.
I knew her she was there on businees for her husband and know she is gone she was loved by all. Her mother is distraught. Her friends and coworkers dont beleave this was an accident
Mexico is so corrupt that it probably was not an accident.
How can “JustMe” (above) say on one hand that Mexico’s problems are theirs to solve and then turn around and say we need to cut off the flow of cash and weapons? These seem contradictory.
The cultural and criminal breakdown going on in Mexico is another pleasant result of the disastrous War on Drugs. The price of drugs is driven thru the roof by our criminalization; so what poor Mexican making $10 a day would not be interested in making 10-20 times that amount, maybe even more, by becoming involved in drug running? I probably would.
And the proliferation of weapons is another result of the political muscle of the National Rifle Association consistently blocking ANY meaningful efforts to limit the spread of weapons in this country.
So what do you mean, it is THEIR problem? How arrogant and ignorant it is to say that. Get rid of these two problems/influences on OUR side of the border, and “their” problem would disappear overnite.
Rest in peace Mrs. Rodriguez. You were always full of life.
Comment for jimmy you say you know her husband but did u know her life with with him I agree with tracy her murder was not an accident she was there on bussiness for her husband. Her mother and sister are asking why so many lies about her death the us embassy say one thing and the mexican police say another. Her friends and family ask that the public help solve her murder be here or in mexico. Her daughter missis her mommy. Lourdes being killed in mexico was no accident help solve this murder. Just cause u know her husband does not mean You know how they lived there was cheating on his part and lots of verbal abuse.
I knew lourdes she was a great mother and wife she loved her daughter. Her daughter was her life . Her murder was not an accident if you knew the whole story you would all suspect murder. She was traveling alone only for the weekend to do business for her husband. Her mother and sister and of course daughter want answers and all they get are different storys about what happend the public needs to know that mexico is not all bad that this was not an accident and there was no happy marriage like every one thinks and says. Help this family find lourdes killer don’t let this be another unsolved murder.
I was a very good friend of Lourdes’. I still can not believe she is gone and am very saddened. To all the other people on here who has stated that she was on business for her husband, not sure what she may have said but I am not under the impression that that’s what she was there for, but I do suspect foul play. I work in the criminal field and I would do anything to find out exactly what happened to her and get whoever was responsible. There are so many unanswered questions and I think her daughter deserves to know the whole truth … maybe not now but when she is older.
To me I don’t beleave that you were very close to her if you were you would of known that she did go for her husband and that she would never leave her daughter behind. She was a loving mother and wife she loved her husband despite of everything that went on in there lives I worked with her for three years and the last time i talked to her all she could do is talk about her daughter and about problems that her husband and her were having. Her murder was not an accident.
I have spoken with a few people that worked with Lourdes and if anyone knows anything that could solve the mystery behind her murder, he or she should go to their local law enforcement and speak up. The truth needs to be known.
The news comes to those who did not know, this Tuesday Sep 8 to friends and parents at Clifford School elementary school in Redwood City. Lourdes and daughter Diana were such a big part of our school community. I had the pleasure of working with Lourdes preparing the Cinco the Mayo celebrations. She offered to go to Mexico during the summer of 2007 to buy costumes for our big Folklore Dance event that included kids and some moms. What a great event it was in May 2008. She will be missed and our prayers go out to her daughter and extended family.
We love you and may justice come quick, Nannette Silverman, Peggy Delgado, Nora Colin and Raquel Rodriguez.
Of course it wasn’t an accident. The woman was MURDERED. The question is by whom????